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TIDE WATER ELEVATOR GR. SYSTEM OF UTILIZING THE RISE A121) FALL 015 THE TIDES.

Patentefi 2.8, 1888.

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TIDE-WATER ELEVATOR OR SYSTEl/l (3F lJTlLlZlllG THE RlSE AND FALL QF THE TIDES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent I-l'o. 378,9:52, dated February 28, 1888.

Application filed February 24, 1887. Serial Neil-28,783. (ho model.)

To all whom it" may concern:

lie it known that I, Elmiasr-P. Lenoir, e. citizen of the United States, and a, resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain Tide-lVarter Elevator or System of Utilizing the Rise and Fall of Tideater, together with the Apparatuses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention. relates more especially to compressing or rnrelying ai r by the rise or fall of tide-water and applying it to force or lift water to a higher level or employing it as motivepower, together \viththc zippnrntusesl use for this purpose. I do this by having a nunr her of reservoirs, which can he hermetically sealed, so placed and connected that the rise of the tide will compress the air in one, which can then be conducted by pipes where desired and used as a motive power; but in the present instance I conduct it to a second reservoir filled with water, which it forces to a higher, level. The full of the tide can-likewise be uti lized with theszinie apparatuses by inverting its action and causing it partial vacuum to lift water from one reservoir into another placed at it higher level.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation through L Q oi Fig. 2, showing my apparatuses in position under the surface near tlClE-'W2LEBI,Wll3l1 man-holes for access. Fig. 2 is a ground plan of the some. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are enlarged sectional elevations of reservoirs A, B, and C, respectively.

A, l3, 0, and D, which is similar to O, are all reservoirs, which can he hermetically sealed by closing their several gates and valves. 1 inch reservoir is supplied with an opening to the air controlled bye. valve, X. They are all connected by the air-pipe Z, and can be cut oil by the valves Y. The reservoirs B C l) are also connected by the watcrpipe 20, which is the outlet of B and inlet for C, and is furnished with a chcclevnlve, The valve P on the pipe Z is to limit the action between reservoirs A and B or A and C, as will be set forth hereinafter.

Referring, first, to Fig. 1, let in represent the loi and Z the high water mark; H, e section of the water-front. A, which I call my comof B, thereby cutting itout of the circuit.

pressor, may be one or more reservoirs, tanks, pipes, or chambers so placed that when its valves X and Y are closed the rising tide on tering by inlet It, controlled by gate m, will compress the air with which it is filled during the continuance of the flood, and through the air-pipe Z can be led to any desired pointzmd used as a motive power. stance I employ it to force writer from reservoir B to a. higher level. B may he one or more reservoirs, tanks, pipes, or chambers so placed that tide-writer can he readily admitted through its inlet S, controlled by the gate n; its valve to the air, X, being open and its valve Y closed, the rising tide has entirely filled this reservoir.

Figs. 1, 3, and 4 show the apps 'etusnt this stage. Closing the gate )6 and the valve X of reservoir B, also the valve P on pipe Z, so the compressed air cannot set heyond, 1 next open the valves Y of reservoirs Aand B, permitting the compressed air in A to pass through the pipe Z into reservoir B, where the pressure will relieve'itself by forcing the water through 10 into reservoir 0, placed," prei erably, at a higher level. to may be supplied wlth'e check-valve, t, of any suitableconstrnc tion. Reservoir C may beon'e or more tanks,

In the present inpipes, or chambers placed at it higher level I then B. The outlet 10 of B is the inlet of C, and may enter the some through or near the top, as shown, controlled by a. gate or valve, o. Reservoir C is likewise furnished with a valve, X, to the air, and connected with-reservoirs A and B by means of the air pipe Z, controlled by valve Y, and has a Water-dischnrgc pipe, 20, supplied with {L check-valve, t. The gate n and also the valve X are open, but the valve Y is closed. The water ill 3 can therefore readily enter C until the pressure of the compressed air has relieved itself. The action is now concluded, and can be repeated at any subsequent flood with some variation.

Having secured, as before described, it body of compressed air in A, I now close valve 1 1. next close valve P on the air-pipe Z near res ervoir D, limiting the action of the compressed air to that point. Then, presuming reservoir C to be full oi water, I close its gold LlLlLl its valve X, but open its valve '18 and the valve 3? in 22 near to 0, when, by opening valve Y 11 crease of A, the compressed air will exertits pressure on the water in 0, and by means of the discharge-pipe will force the water into I),

which maybe similar to C in every respect,

and has its gate 0 and the valve X'tothe open air. water from reservoir 1), with its necessary connections, into a reservoir at a still higher elevation, or into a succession of reservoirs similar to C and D.

The ebb or fall of tide can likewise be'ntilized with my apparatus forthe purpose of lifting or drawing water to a higher level by inverting the action in manner following: The tide being at high water, I nowfill reservoirs A and B by means of their respective inlets Rand S. The valve X in A is now closed and I open its valve Y. In reservoir 13, I now close the gate a, and also its valve Y; but its valve X, I have open to the air. Reservoir C is empty and has its valve X closed, also the checlcvalve i, kept so from water remaining in w from its previous discharge. ValveY and gate a are open. The ebb tide having commenced, the water in A seeks to follow it, and so rarefies the air in G, with exerts the exhaustion on the water which it is connected by Z, the airpipe, and in B. through the pipe u: and lifts the same into reservoir '0. This action. can also be repeated at any subsequent ebb, and can be varied by using reservoir A in connection with any two succeeding reservoirs similauto C.

During the last action described the valve 1? on pipe Z near 0 has been open, and the valve P on pipe Z near D has been closed.

I am aware of the patents of John McGloskey, No. 127,624, June 4, 1872; James Cochrane, No. 129,791, July 23, 1872; Molera et (LL, No. 212,967, March 4,1879; Samuel D. Mott, No. 352,833, November 16, 1886; Charles Maynard \Vallser, No. 315,863, April 14:, l885and I wish it understood that I do not claim what is therein shown, I

I wish it to be understood that I do not claim, generally, the method of raising water from one level to another by the action of a head of water made to compress air in a closed vessel, which air-pressure is then made to iorce water from another closed vessel to a By a subsequent action we can force the.

higher level, as I am well aware that such method was already applied in Heros fonntain,

I wish it understood. that I do not claim any specifically constructed reservoirs, gates, or valves, but employ those in ordinary use best adapted for the purpose;

Having thus described my invention I claim- 1 1. The combination, with the compressor A, having an opening, It, controlled by a gate, at, for the ingress and egress of tide-water, of a valve, X, to the open air, and a pipe, Z, with valves Y and I, which is used exclusively for the passage of air from and to compressor A and the reservoirs B O D and any succeeding similar reservoirs, substantially as set forth.

2, The combination, with the reservoir 33, having an inlet, S, for the liquid to be elevated, controlled. by a gate, n, and an outlet for the passage of liquid into reservoir 0, indicated by w, supplied with a check valve, t, of a valve, X, to the air, and thepip-e Z, used for the passage of air from compressor A to B, which is furnished with valves 1? and Y for controlling the action or cutting 13 out of the circuit when not employed, substantially as set forth.

3. Theeombination, with the compressor A and its parts, of the reservoir B its parts, together with the reservoir 0, or any succeeding similar reservoir, having an inlet for the admission of liquid to be elevated from the preceding reservoir on a lower level, as B, indicated by a and controlled by the gate o, and

an outlet for the passage of said liquid into a succeeding reservoir on a higher level, as D,

marked 20, supplied with a check-valve, i, also having a valve, X, to the open air, and the pipe Z, nsed for the passage of air from A to 0, or any succeeding similar reservoir, and

from ,0 or any succeeding similar reservoir to A, suppliedwith valves P and Y, for controlling the action or ior cutting G or any succeeding similar reservoir out of the circuit when not employed, substantially as set'forl'h.

' ERNEST l. LORGH.

Witnesses:

G120. I. SPEER, C. D. Mnnonan'r. 

